Mp3 library conversion

Hi there. I apologize in advance if this topic has been discussed before; I've searched for a solution already but came up empty, so here I am. All of the songs in my itunes library have been imported using AAC encoding, however I needed to make a copy of my library in mp3 format so I could import all my songs into the hard drive in my cars radio, which isn't compatible with the AAC format. I created a folder on my desk top and selected my entire library and used the "create mp3 version" option under the advanced menu. Everything went well up to that point; however my itunes lists every song twice. Is there a way to only display the contents of my "itunes music" folder? Thanks in advance.

If you use iTunes to do the conversion, it will always place the new MP3s into the iTunes folder. Once it is done, you can move them elsewhere if you wish.

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I did that on mistake, When I had hit reply, I didn't see your post, and thought I was giving Niel the star.
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